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href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies_(parokya)" title="Soignies (parokya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Soignies (parokya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_(%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%98%DB%8C%DA%A9)" title="سوانی (بلژیک) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سوانی (بلژیک)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinnik" title="Zinnik – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Zinnik" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinnik" title="Zinnik – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zinnik" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soignies" title="Soignies – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Soignies" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%97" title="Суаньї – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Суаньї" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" 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href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Soignies" title="Arrondissement of Soignies">Soignies</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Fabienne Winckel (PS)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governing party/ies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(francophone_Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)">PS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Réformateur">MR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">111.27 km<sup>2</sup> (42.96 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2018-01-01)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">27,603</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">250/km<sup>2</sup> (640/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Belgium" title="Postal codes in Belgium">Postal codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">7060-7063</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NIS_code" title="NIS code">NIS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">55040</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Belgium" title="Telephone numbers in Belgium">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">065/067</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soignies.be/">www.soignies.be</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Soignies</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French 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title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[ˈzɪnɪk]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Picard_language" title="Picard language">Picard</a>: <i lang="pcd">Sougniye</i>; <a href="/wiki/Walloon_language" title="Walloon language">Walloon</a>: <i lang="wa">Sougniye</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_in_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities in Belgium">municipality</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Hainaut_Province" title="Hainaut Province">province of Hainaut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. </p><p>It consists of the following districts: <a href="/wiki/Casteau" title="Casteau">Casteau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chauss%C3%A9e-Notre-Dame-Louvignies" title="Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies">Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horrues" title="Horrues">Horrues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naast,_Soignies" title="Naast, Soignies">Naast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neufvilles" title="Neufvilles">Neufvilles</a>, Soignies and <a href="/wiki/Thieusies" title="Thieusies">Thieusies</a>. Casteau is known worldwide because <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe" title="Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe">SHAPE</a>, the military headquarters of <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, has been based at the village since 1967. </p><p>The name of Soignies comes from the Latin word <i>suniacum</i>, which means "on the Senne". The spring of the <a href="/wiki/Zenne" class="mw-redirect" title="Zenne">Senne</a> is near Soignies. After Soignies, the river flows through <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>. </p><p>Soignies is also well known for its blue <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> (from the <i>Carrières du Hainaut</i>) and its glass industry (Durobor). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soignies&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saint_Vincent">Saint Vincent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soignies&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Saint Vincent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Soignies_-_Coll%C3%A9giale_Saint-Vincent_-_2021-09-12_-_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Soignies_-_Coll%C3%A9giale_Saint-Vincent_-_2021-09-12_-_01.jpg/220px-Soignies_-_Coll%C3%A9giale_Saint-Vincent_-_2021-09-12_-_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Soignies_-_Coll%C3%A9giale_Saint-Vincent_-_2021-09-12_-_01.jpg/330px-Soignies_-_Coll%C3%A9giale_Saint-Vincent_-_2021-09-12_-_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Soignies_-_Coll%C3%A9giale_Saint-Vincent_-_2021-09-12_-_01.jpg/440px-Soignies_-_Coll%C3%A9giale_Saint-Vincent_-_2021-09-12_-_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4026" data-file-height="3221" /></a><figcaption>Collegiate Church of St. Vincent</figcaption></figure> <p>The known history of the region starts in the 7th century. The <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Frankish</a> merchant <a href="/wiki/Samo" title="Samo">Samo</a>, who founded an <a href="/wiki/Samo%27s_Empire" title="Samo's Empire">empire</a> in Central Europe, may have come from Soignies (Latin: <i>pagus Senonagus</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 670s, <a href="/wiki/Madelgaire" class="mw-redirect" title="Madelgaire">Madelgaire</a>, a wealthy former governor under King <a href="/wiki/Dagobert_I" title="Dagobert I">Dagobert I</a>, and his wife <a href="/wiki/Waltrude" title="Waltrude">Waltrude</a> decided to separate and devote themselves to a religious life. Both of them founded an abbey, Madelgaire in Soignies and Waltrude in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Mons,_Belgium" title="Mons, Belgium">Mons</a>. Madelgaire took the religious name of Vincent. Like his wife, he was <a href="/wiki/Canonized" class="mw-redirect" title="Canonized">canonized</a> after his death and later became the <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> of the city that would eventually grow around the monastery. At that time, a large forest covered the whole area, the remnants of which near <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> are still called the <a href="/wiki/Sonian_Forest" title="Sonian Forest">Sonian Forest</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i>Forêt de Soignes</i>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i>Zoniënwoud</i>) today. The existence of the abbey of Soignies is mentioned for the first time in the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Meersen" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Meersen">Treaty of Meersen</a>, dated August 8, 870, as one of King <a href="/wiki/Charles_the_Bald" title="Charles the Bald">Charles the Bald</a>'s possessions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_age_of_the_canons">The age of the canons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soignies&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The age of the canons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of the 9th century, a general decline in religious life led to a chapter of powerful <a href="/wiki/Canon_(priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon (priest)">canons</a> – who did not take any vow of poverty – taking the place of the monks. These canons would remain in power for eight centuries, until the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>. By the 10th century, the canons started the construction of the Church of St. Vincent (Madelgaire), which was to be completed during the following century in the prevalent <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> style of the period. The first known charter by <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_IV,_Count_of_Hainaut" title="Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut">Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut</a> was granted to Soignies in 1142. The fame of the Church of St. Vincent grew in the 13th century, when the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Cambrai" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Cambrai">bishop of Cambrai</a> granted a 40-day <a href="/wiki/Indulgence" title="Indulgence">indulgence</a> to every visitor to the church. The settlement grew to urban proportions at around the same time, coinciding with the development of the textile industry and the building of a <a href="/wiki/Defensive_wall" title="Defensive wall">defensive wall</a>. The first stone quarries mentioned in the archives date from around 1400, but several clues suggest that local stone was already quarried much earlier. The cut-stone industry, however, started only around 1700. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1789–present"><span id="1789.E2.80.93present"></span>1789–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soignies&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1789–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Soignies_-_Garde_Imp%C3%A9riale_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Soignies_-_Garde_Imp%C3%A9riale_2.JPG/220px-Soignies_-_Garde_Imp%C3%A9riale_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Soignies_-_Garde_Imp%C3%A9riale_2.JPG/330px-Soignies_-_Garde_Imp%C3%A9riale_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Soignies_-_Garde_Imp%C3%A9riale_2.JPG/440px-Soignies_-_Garde_Imp%C3%A9riale_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2245" data-file-height="1496" /></a><figcaption>Folk group "The Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard"</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 September 1796, the revolutionary council disbanded the local administration by the canons, dealing a heavy blow to the local economy. In 1812, only 92 people worked in the quarries on a total population of about 4,000 people. The industry rebounded under the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> regime, and even more after the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Belgian Revolution</a> of 1830. </p><p>Between 1831 and 1995, Soignies elected its own member of the <a href="/wiki/Soignies_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Soignies (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">Chamber of Representatives</a>. Several of the city streets are named after these past representatives. </p><p>Today, the cut-stone and glass industries are still active. Soignies is also the center of a vibrant service industry, especially in education and health. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sights">Sights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soignies&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Church_of_Saint-Vincent_(Soignies)" title="Collegiate Church of Saint-Vincent (Soignies)">Collegiate Church of St. Vincent</a> is one of the earliest specimens of <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> churches in Belgium. The choir dates from the beginning of the 11th century while the <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic</a> west tower dates from around 1250. The cemetery still has tombs of the 13th and 14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Saint_Vincent_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saint_Vincent-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Near the church stands the Cloth Market (in <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> <i>Halle aux Draps</i>), dating from the 16th century.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Festivities">Festivities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soignies&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Festivities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The origins of the <i>Processio</i> of Saint Vincent (Madelgaire)<sup id="cite_ref-Processio_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Processio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are not well known. It is certain, however, that it already took place as early as the 13th century. Today, every Monday of <a href="/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pentecost">Pentecost</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Reliquary" title="Reliquary">reliquary</a> of Saint Vincent is carried in a historic procession along a predetermined 11-km-long circuit around town, known as the <i>Grand Tour Saint Vincent</i>.</li> <li>The Saturday preceding the third Sunday of October is the date of the local <a href="/wiki/Carnival" title="Carnival">carnival</a>. The festivities are known as <i>La Simpélourd</i> – from the contraction of two <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> words meaning simple and heavy – after a <a href="/wiki/Cuckold" title="Cuckold">cuckold</a> who lived in Soignies more than 200 years ago. This character still takes central stage in the colourful celebration.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soignies&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soignies is home to <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby Union">Rugby Union</a> club <a href="/wiki/RC_Soignies" title="RC Soignies">RC Soignies</a>, winners of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Cup_(Rugby_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Cup (Rugby Union)">Belgian Cup</a> in 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People_born_in_Soignies">People born in Soignies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soignies&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: People born in Soignies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samo" title="Samo">Samo</a>, Frankish merchant and later king (<i>rex</i>) of the 7th-century Slavic state known as Samo's Empire (Soignies is one of two presumed birthplaces, the other being <a href="/wiki/Sens" title="Sens">Sens</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guillaume_Malbecque" title="Guillaume Malbecque">Guillaume Malbecque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flemish</a> composer (c. 1400–1465)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Cuvilli%C3%A9s" title="François de Cuvilliés">François de Cuvilliés</a>, Rococo architect (1695–1768)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jules_Bordet" title="Jules Bordet">Jules Bordet</a>, immunologist and microbiologist (1870–1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_van_Zeeland" title="Paul van Zeeland">Paul van Zeeland</a>, lawyer, economist, and politician (1893–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johan_Walem" title="Johan Walem">Johan Walem</a>, football player and TV consultant (born 1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Richardson" title="Chris Richardson">Chris Richardson</a>, American singer-songwriter (born 1984)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soignies&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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